Camera Tricks

Whenever they show crowds, such as inside and outside 45/140's Nashville do yesterday, the camera angles make all the difference. In his shout filled shitstorm of an event, the crowd behind him looked like part of a much larger throng. But if you watched it, every now and then the camera panned a little too far left or right and showed empty seats. On TV, they never showed the empty seats on the upper level or how thin the crowd really was.

At the Women's Day rally and counter demonstrations, they showed the crowds from ground level. Impossible to tell how big they were.

It would be great if people from our side could get a higher vantage point, like in a nearby building, to take pictures that show honestly the crowd size. I know it isn't always possible, but it sure would be a great goal to keep in mind.